DUCKS: Stewart to be examined for possible broken jaw

Ducks winger Chris Stewart could be lost to the team for an undetermined amount of time after getting hurt in a fight with Blue Jackets defenseman Dalton Prout. Stewart is to be examined for a possible broken jaw.

CHICAGO – Ducks right wing Chris Stewart was sent home Friday morning to undergo a medical examination that could determine if he has a suspected broken jaw.

Stewart will be examined Sunday after getting hit in the jaw by Columbus defenseman Dalton Prout during a fight at the end of the second period. He did not play in the third period as the Blue Jackets won, 4-3, in a shootout.

Signed to a one-year, $1.7-million deal last summer, Stewart has provided good value for the Ducks in his first season with them. The winger has eight goals and 10 assists in 47 games.

The Ducks recalled Nick Ritchie from the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League. Ritchie, who made his NHL debut in November, has 15 goals and 13 assists in 33 games with the Gulls.

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